Just my opinion, but limited slip for normal daily driver use and lockers if you do any off-roading. Someone mentioned the Trutrac, which is an excellent happy medium. My son had it on the rear of his TJ and wasn't nearly as annoying as the lunchbox lockers can be, and offered both daily driving and decent off-road capabilities.

What exactly is a True track? My jeep is my daily drive but it also sees a pretty decent amount of offloading especially in the summer when I go to the mountains.

A Detroit Eaton TruTrac is a limited slip differential using helical gears which provides a bias to the wheel that isn’t slipping. It’s like it supplies 75% of the power to the side with traction and 25% to the side without (I’m making up those numbers just to get a point across). It’s cheaper than any selectable locker and more expensive than automatic lockers, but it also doesn’t lock the axles together. For daily drivers or those that see a lot of 2WD roads, I recommend a selectable locker, limited slip, or staying open. Good tires, proper air pressure for the terrain/conditions, and throttle control are more important than a locking differential in my opinion and experience. My XJ has been open on both differentials for a bunch of years keeping up with my friends’ locked Toyotas in snow, dirt, rocks, class 8/10 trails, etc. and often times it was because of the tires.

With some application of the brake pedal they do lock, you have to change how you drive with trutracs but they do offer more than just a standard limited slip.

You will find there are no e-lockers for the C8.25. The OX with the electric actuator is the closest there is.

TRUE - That's why I have one

What kind of tires do you have, OP?

Bought a Brand new dodge work truck never new it had a gizmo in the rear end till it started grinding and howling. Helicoil gears munched up.
Replaced everything with a open carrier and normal spider gears.

Truck never aacted like it would put power to both tires.

Thats my only experience with any Kind of limited slip.. didnt know it was there dont even know what it was and dont miss it. Truck also weighs 9k empty might work better on a 3500lb xj

Have TrueTracs front and rear. Yet to get stuck in mud or snow. Last winter, snow was well past halfway up the wheels in one situation. I’ve always had a blast playing in super sloppy mud. Zero problems turning on dry surfaces. Love it.

Note that I do not rock crawl.

The XJ I bought has TrueTracs front and rear as well, interested to see how they work and also learn how to use them on more "technical" terrain.

Never been stuck haha.
ive been stuck in dirt, mud, snow , rocks, Sand, trees, roots, you name it ive had to winch out of it. While sending power to all four

Yeah, I only use the Jeep for hunting, not necessarily for “off roading.” I have been in some gnarly situations. Total mud dirt roads with foot deep ruts, no problem. Last winter I slid off the road that was 100% ice covered, slick as snot, zero traction. Went into a deep ditch filled with snow pushed off by a snow plow. Put it in four low, hammered it. Out, no problem.

But I also believe that the Cooper SSTs help too 😃

I agree 100% that it would be silly to say that I couldn’t ever get stuck.

I have a German friend who wheels in the muck of his homeland, and he LOVES his Cooper SST's
Traction is the key to not getting stuck and carrying chains and installing them when you need them is the advice you will hear from those working recovery. Open diffs work best until you have one front and one rear wheel spinning at which time: "your locker is your best friend - for about 90 seconds" - quote from a Rubicon Trail Spotter